Year: 2023

Six cities spread across the western U.S. have submitted reams of supporting documents in their bids to be the new home of the National Championship Air Races (NCAR), previously known as the Reno Air Races. […]

Bombardier made the announcement this past week at the National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) annual conference in Las Vegas. “It was like yesterday that we started the deliveries,” said Bombardier CEO Éric Martel on Monday. […]

Northern Ontario’s Sault Ste. Marie airport is to receive $660,000 in funding from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor), the federal government’s entity used to channel funds for the economic development of […]

Atlantic Canada Aerospace and Defence Association (ACADA) honoured four companies with 2023 Industry Excellence Awards. Black Arcs Inc., Duxion Motors, Genoa Design International and IMP Aerospace & Defence were recognized for their respective contributions to […]

Pratt & Whitney Canada, the quasi-independent division of U.S.-based Pratt and Whitney, has recently obtained a type certificate for their new PW127XT-L, a turboprop engine designed for regional airliners. The first type certificate issued to […]

A Piper PA-34-200 Seneca crashed near Chilliwack airport shortly after 2 pm PT Friday afternoon (Oct. 6) killing all of the three people on board. The crash site was about 300 metres south of the […]

The British-based firm AOG Technics has been identified as the source of aircraft engine parts with false certification that have found their way into airliners around the world and now in Canada. WestJet was informed […]

The first of Canada’s new fleet of Airbus CC-330 Husky Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft to be painted in military grey has exited the paint shop – in Malta, a small island nation in the […]

Submitted by Gord McNulty, Vice President, Canadian Aviation Historical Society Family and friends of renowned aviation photographer Eric Dumigan gathered at Tillsonburg Regional Airport on Sept. 23 to celebrate his life as he would have […]

In 1948 the Royal Canadian Air Force Flyers won a gold medal in that year’s Winter Olympics in Saint Moritz, Switzerland. In honour of the RCAF and its upcoming centennial, the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets unveiled […]

Pilots of Canada’s largest air carrier were walking an informational picket line at the country’s largest airport and Air Canada’s largest hub on Friday (September 29). They are demanding a better compensation package. The pilots […]

A 1947 Cessna 140 was stolen at Ottawa’s Rockcliffe airport (CYRO) on September 14 but didn’t get far, crashing shortly after takeoff into two other aircraft parked on the ground. The thief has been charged […]

Montreal-based Air Transat is following  Edmonton-based Flair Airlines and Halifax-based Chorus Aviation by creating, in conjunction with Montreal-based CAE Inc., a pilot training program that takes aspiring pilots and prepares them for the right seat […]

Five remarkable achievers in Canadian aviation and aerospace were inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF) at a gala event held at Sunwest Aviation’s hangar at Calgary’s international airport. This year marks the 50th […]

Once again, the Canadian prime minister’s aircraft has delayed the international travel plans of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, this time in New Delhi, India. A faulty component led to the grounding of the VIP-configured Airbus […]